Flash Help Output

Hello,
I have Robohelp 5x and using Word 2002 and I recented updated
to CS3 (suite). For all of my flash help output I use the started
blue skin, have a generic TOC and a small glossary. Typically I
make my updates and then go to View Primary layout and the help
files will generate/regenerate and everything is fine.
Well, it's not working any more. I suspect from what I've
read here it had something to do with Flash, but I am not sure. Has
anyone else had this problem or know a work around? I'm at a loss.
Thanks,
Mimi

Thank you for writing back.
I wasn't seeing anything after making my updates. I thought
it may have been a Flash 9 issue with security. It turns out that
it may have been a permission problem. I did not know or am not
100% sure what happens when a user needs to publish content. When I
compared the previous output files to what was being created
without administrator permission the were about 100 or so less
files compiled.
This forum is very helpful and I appreciate the help. If
anyone has a recommendation what I should read to learn more about
output files and permissions I'd gladly take them. My problem is
working now after my admin rights were added back on my local
machine. It would be nice to be able to have some back up
documentation incase I have to argue with my IT department to get
admin rights restored should it happen again.
Thanks!
Mimi

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